September 14 + 15, 2021
Stuttgart, Germany
Category “Research and Development”: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
They contributed their project “Through-Plane Ionomer Gradients in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers for Enhanced Power Density” and received a €10,000 prize.
Category “Products and Markets”: Ionomr Innovations Inc.
They contributed their project “Pemion™ Hydrocarbon Proton Exchange Membranes and Ionomers for Fuel Cell Applications” and received a €10,000 prize.
Below you can find the winners of previous years.
| Winner: | Hahn Schickard Research Institute |
| Project: | Nanofiber interlayer for PEM water electrolysis: strongly improved efficiency and durability |
| Winner: | Alstom |
| Project: | Alstom iLINT Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hybrid Regional Passenger Train |
| Project: | CO2-free production and distribution of green hydrogen in a collaborative project |
| Project partners: | Hy2gen AG (Holzgerlingen) and Norsk H2 AS (Suldal, Norway) |
| Project: | Segmented Bipolar Plates for Alkaline Water Electrolysis |
| Project partners: | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt DLR (Stuttgart), NEL ASA (Oslo), and Helmbold - Messtechnik für Brennstoffzellen (Hofheim) |
| Project: | Textile carbon fibre electrodes for microbial fuel cells (TexKoMBZ) |
| Project partners: | Institut für Textiltechnik Augsburg gGmbH und Institute of Applied Microbiology of RWTH Aachen |
| Project: | Optimized media for micronAir fuel cell filter type N |
| Project Partners: | Freudenberg Filtration Technologies SE & Co. KG |
| Winner: | Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. |
| Runner-up: | Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH |
| Winner: | Forschungszentrum Jülich: Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK) |
| Runner-up: | German Aerospace Center: Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics and Hydrogenics Corporation |
| Winner: | ElringKlinger AG |
| Winner: | Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik (IMTEK) der Technischen Fakultät der Universität Freiburg |
| Winner: | Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik der Universität Freiburg |
| Winner: | Daimler AG |
| Runner-up: | Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH |
| Runner-up: | Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG |
| Winner: | Fraunhofer Institut IFAM |
| Runner-up: | Universität Ulm |
| Winner: | MANN+HUMMEL GmbH |
| Runner-up: | Wenger Engineering GmbH |
| Winner: | eZelleron GmbH |
| Winner: | CAN GmbH |
| Winner: | Ceramic Fuel Cells GmbH |
| Winner: | New enerday GmbH |
| Gold: | Daimler AG |
| Silver: | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| Bronze: | SFC Energy and N2telligence GmbH |
| Gold: | REINZ-Dichtungs-GmbH |
| Silver: | WS Reformer GmbH |
| Bronze: | GM Alternative Propulsion Center Europe |
| Gold: | Daimler AG |
| Silver: | Schunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH |
| Bronze: | Uni Freiburg and Micronas GmbH |
